6 h. ago David Egan dedicates winner to Tommie Jakes as fundraiser for his family reaches £20,000

Egan was speaking after he rode the horse Shiplake to win at Southwell on Friday. He made it a double on fellow Kevin Philippart De Foy trainee Domina Ignis in the colours of Amo Racing

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51 h. ago Co Louth crash update as £30,000 raised to 'bring victim's body home'

Chloe Hipson, 21, from Scotland, was one of five victims killed in a horror collision in Co Louth, Dundalk over the weekend as a fundraiser to repatriate her body has reached over £30,000

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3 d. ago French police 'will use nets to intercept migrants trying to cross the Channel' despite fears tactic will lead to deaths

The drastic new method comes as more than 39,000 migrants have reached Britain this year in flimsy dinghies, piling pressure on Paris to stop departures from its northern beaches.

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4 d. ago Dad remains 'critically ill' three weeks on from 'unimaginable' tragedy in Sainsbury's car park

Lewis Rimmer continues to fight for his life in hospital, while a fundraiser for his family has now passed £100k

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5 d. ago ‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed

A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reachedSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereHeatwaves will become hotter, longer and more frequent the later net zero emissions is reached globally, new research suggests.Scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather and Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, simulated how heatwaves would respond over the next 1,000 years, examining the differences for each five-year delay in reaching net zero between 2030 and 2060. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Linlithgow MSP highlights number of electric vehicle charging points in West Lothian

Last year, Scotland reached its target of installing more than 6,000 public EV charge points, two years ahead of the 2026 target.

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1 week ago Funeral details of jockey Tommie Jakes released after devastating death aged 19

THE funeral details of tragic jockey Tommie Jakes have been released. Racing has been in a state of shock and mourning since the 19-year-old's passing last month. Jakes was found in his bedroom of the family home in Newmarket after riding the previous afternoon. His heartbroken parents paid tribute to their 'brilliant' boy who had...

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2 w. ago Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone

Southern European country has more than double the number of people aged over 100 than it did in 2009The number of people in Italy living to 100 continues to grow sharply, with more than 2,000 reaching the milestone age in 2025, the vast majority of them women.There are now 23,548 residents in Italy who are 100-years-old or over, compared with 21,211 in 2024, according to the latest figures from Istat, the national statistics agency. Italy has more than double the number of centenarians than it did in 2009, Istat said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenage jockey chokes up as he dedicates victory to ‘my best friend’ Tommie Jakes

Mason Paetel, among the ten best apprentice riders this season, had only one person in his thoughts after he rode his 31st winner of the year at Wolverhampton on Tuesday

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2 w. ago Jockey brands win in £80,000 race ‘irrelevant’ after tragic death of Tommie Jakes

Neil Callan, whose son Jack is a talented apprentice rider, spoke emotionally after winning the London Middle Distance Final at Kempton on Monday

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2 w. ago Tommie Jakes fundraiser launched to support family after jockey’s tragic death

The 19-year-old apprentice rider was found dead at his home near Newmarket on Thursday, hours after he had ridden at Nottingham, and is not being treated as suspicious

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2 w. ago Amy Gray: Fundraiser launched for trainee nurse tragically killed with her dog on morning run

A much-loved ‘fun, bubbly, happy woman’ and her dog were killed while out for a run - and now a fundraising drive has started to help her family.

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3 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes 'in bad place' and 'struggled' before his tragic death at 19

One of Tommie Jakes' weighing room colleagues has paid tribute to the jockey who was found dead at his home near Newmarket on Thursday at the age of 19, just hours after his final ride at Nottingham Racecourse

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3 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes ‘obviously in a bad place' before tragic death aged 19

Senior jockey Hector Crouch said the tragic news of 19-year-old apprentice jockey Tommie Jakes' sudden death on Thursday was being keenly felt within the weighing room

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3 w. ago Police statement over death of jockey Tommie Jakes as tributes paid to 'huge talent'

Silences are being held at racecourses and jockeys will wear black armbands as a mark of respect to the much-loved apprentice rider

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3 w. ago Scots woman killed in LA remembered as ‘one of a kind’ at Arran funeral

June Bunyan’s body was repatriated to Scotland following a fundraising campaign by family and friends.

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3 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes dies aged 19 just hours after competing as 'heartbroken' tributes paid

Tommie Jakes, 19, was a talented jockey with an impressive record of 59 wins from 519 races since 2023, but tragically died at his home near Newmarket on Thursday

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3 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes, 19, dies at home hours after his final ride: Tributes pour in from the horseracing world

Widely considered one of the most promising young riders around, Jakes got his first winner at 16 on board a horse four years his junior.

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3 w. ago Teenage jockey Tommie Jakes dies at home as horseracing in mourning

Apprentice jockey Tommie Jakes has tragically died at the age of 19, with the racing community paying tribute to the talented young rider

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3 w. ago Jockey Tommie Jakes, 19, tragically dies at home as racing plunged into mourning

The Injured Jockeys' Fund and Professional Jockeys Association released a joint statement to confirm the sad news. Jakes worked for trainer George Boughey in Newmarket

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